LONDON, Nov 13- A report from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Tuesday warned that perceived transparency in government policymaking in its 38 economy bloc had not improved since the start of the decade. Poland, where the ruling PIS government has been criticised by the European Commission for forcing top judges to retire, saw its annual...

Nov 9- A liberal-leaning California- based federal appeals court that has often ruled against President Donald Trump dealt him another setback this week in a major immigration case and soon could be asked to weigh in on a pipeline project he has championed. The 9th Circuit would hear any appeal by Trump's administration of the ruling late on Thursday by a...

Hong Kong barred the Asia news editor of the Financial Times from entering the city as a visitor, the newspaper said, after authorities refused to renew his work visa in October, raising questions about the city's commitment to free speech.

The action is one of the first taken by Matthew Whitaker in his newly appointed role as acting attorney general. Whitaker, who was Attorney General Jeff Sessions' chief of staff, got the promotion after Trump fired Sessions a day earlier.

A U.S. appeals court in California ruled President Donald Trump's administration must continue a program begun under former President Obama that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children.

Motel 6 will pay up to $7.6 million to Hispanic guests to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit claiming that it violated their privacy by regularly providing guest lists to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

Nov 6- Motel 6 will pay up to $7.6 million to Hispanic guests to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit claiming that it violated their privacy by regularly providing guest lists to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Terms of the preliminary settlement with eight Hispanic plaintiffs- seven from Arizona and one from Washington state- were...

NEW YORK, Nov 5- NBC, Fox News and Facebook pulled a campaign ad linking a caravan of Central American migrants and a cop killer, which U.S. The primetime TV ads on NBC, paid for by Donald J. Trump for President, ran during a "Sunday Night Football" broadcast. It intercut courtroom footage of Luis Bracamontes, an undocumented Mexican immigrant convicted of killing two...

BERLIN, Nov 5- Germany's outgoing domestic intelligence chief was sacked on Monday over a speech given behind closed doors condemning "naive and leftist" government policies and hinting that he was considering entering politics. Hans-Georg Maassen's remarks, first reported by the Munich- based newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, threatened to reopen a...

A Pentagon risk assessment that the caravan did not pose a threat to the U.S., according to a source. This person also said that the caravan would take about a month and a half to get to the U.S. border.

BERLIN, Nov 5- German Interior Minister Horst. Seehofer is also facing calls to quit as head of his Christian Social Union after it lost its majority in last month's Bavarian regional election, as well as renewed pressure over Maassen. In September, Maassen, charged with monitoring extremist threats to Germany's constitutional order, used an interview in...

Oct 30- Agricultural dairy cooperative Land O'Lakes pulled its support on Tuesday for U.S. Representative Steve King, an Iowa Republican whose past inflammatory comments on immigration and race drew renewed scrutiny after the massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue. "We take our civic responsibility seriously, want our contributions to be a positive force for...